Technical Analysis: The Advanced Course (Volume 2)

Bollinger bands adapt to volatility using a median line and upper and lower bands calculated with standard deviation, helping traders identify trends, volatility contractions, breakouts, and mean-reversion opportunities.

Learn to configure Bollinger bands with upper and lower bands, a center moving average, and standard deviation settings, including examples using closing price and varied periods.

Master the squeeze strategy with Bollinger Bands to identify consolidation and breakout opportunities in volatile assets, confirm moves with ATR and volume, and manage risk with trailing stops.

Explore percentage B, a Bollinger Bands oscillator that measures the last price’s position within the bands to identify overbought or oversold conditions and gauge trend strength.

Apply a scalping intraday Bollinger Bands strategy on 5–15 minute charts, identify the trend, enter on upper-band breakouts with retracements, and exit when price re-enters the bands using ATR.

Learn how Bollinger bands identify overbought and oversold conditions and mean reversion to the center line, with squeeze, walking the band, and reversal patterns as entry and exit signals.

Explore how the Bollinger bands width reveals volatility changes, squeeze vs bulge dynamics, and how to trade breakouts from accumulation and consolidation phases.

Explore how the Bollinger Band width signals volatility and identifies squeeze and congestion areas. Combine low volatility with rising minima to anticipate stronger moves and choose long or short entries.

Explore the macd indicator, a trend-following tool using 12 and 26 period EMAs with a 9 period signal line, cross signals across timeframes, histogram, zero line, and divergence.

learn how to use macd as a trend filter and confirmation tool, with 12/26 ema, blue macd line, orange signal line, zero-line crossings, and divergences to guide short-term trades.

Explore the commodity channel index (cci), a trend indicator by Donald Lambert for spotting bullish or bearish trends, overbought or oversold conditions, and divergences above 200 or below -200.

Learn to set up the cci and interpret its lines around plus 100, minus 100, and zero, using divergences to confirm your trading thesis rather than relying on it alone.

Master the stochastic momentum oscillator, with its key line and D line oscillating 0–100 to identify oversold and overbought zones, divergences, and signals via line crossovers.

Explore the stochastic oscillator setup, including k and d lines, 80/20 zones, divergences, and practical crossovers with zone rules and parameter tweaks for fast or slow settings.

Discover the parabolic sar, a stop-and-reverse indicator that trails price with dots, signaling entry and exit points and acting mainly as a stop-loss tool.

See how the parabolic SAR functions as a dynamic trailing support and stop-and-reverse indicator, guiding trend entries, exits, and confirmations during strong directional moves.

Use the average true range (ATR) to measure price volatility by calculating the true range, smoothing with a 14-period moving average, and using mean-reverting insights for position sizing and breakouts.

Learn to read the average true range (ATR) on a chart to gauge cyclical volatility, distinguish volatility from price movement, and set ATR-based stop losses amid market moves.

Discover the Elliott Oscillator, a momentum indicator measuring strength via the difference between 5-period and 35-period moving averages. It confirms directional momentum, identifies divergences, and signals accumulation or distribution phases.

Learn how the Elliott Wave Oscillator creates histograms to reveal divergences, identify positive divergence, and use RSI confirmation alongside macro and fundamental context to time long trades.

Explore divergences in price and oscillator relationships to gauge trend strength and potential reversals, including bullish and bearish divergence signals across RSI, CCI, Elliott Oscillator, and MACD.

Identify positive and negative divergences with MACD and RSI on real charts, and use them to confirm your thesis amid volatility and macroeconomic factors.

Learn rounding top and bottom as reversal patterns in a bearish trend, with rising and falling volumes, a defined neckline breakout, and practical entry rules for reversals.

Learn the cup and handle pattern, its longer, shallow U-shaped cup, upper-half handle, volume behavior, neckline breakout, and the projected take profit target.

Explore the cup and handle pattern, analyze breakouts above the neckline, project targets, and manage risk-reward with stop losses and ATR, illustrated with L'Oreal.